What is the latest punishment standard for cutting down trees?

Criminal law of the people's Republic of China

Article 345 Crime of illegal felling of trees Whoever illegally fells a large number of forests or other trees shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance and shall also, or shall only, be fined; If the number is huge, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined; If the number is especially large, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than seven years and fined.

The crime of deforestation violates the provisions of the forest law. If a large number of trees are cut down, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also or only be fined; If the number is huge, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined.

Second, what is the standard for filing cases of deforestation?

The Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate's Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in Handling Cases of Illegal Logging and Deforestation stipulates that the starting point of "large quantity" is: in forest areas, illegal logging can generally be controlled at 2 cubic meters to 5 cubic meters or 100 to 250 young trees; In non-forest areas, the amount of illegal logging can generally be controlled at 1 m3-2.5 m3 or 50- 125 young trees;

The people's courts and people's procuratorates of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government can grasp the threshold of the amount within the scope of the amount stipulated in the two high standards, or refer to the above amount and determine the appropriate standard of the number of crimes of illegal logging in their own areas according to the actual situation in their own areas. Illegal felling of trees is close to the above amount, and in any of the following circumstances, it shall be convicted and sentenced according to the above standards:

(1) Organizing, planning or instigating illegal felling of trees, or destroying large areas of vegetation, resulting in loss of forest resources;

(two) illegal felling of shelter forests, economic forests and special-purpose forests;

(3) illegal logging or repeated education;

(four) illegal felling of trees does not listen to dissuasion, or threatens forest protection personnel;

(five) other theft, if the circumstances are serious.

Deforestation has seriously damaged ecological resources, and the damage to forest vegetation is irreversible. In addition, the law also stipulates that illegal acquisition of deforestation should also bear criminal responsibility.